Instructions
Using Transparency Mode
- 1Launch Adobe Illustrator on your computer.
- 2Click "File" and "Open" at the top of Illustrator to open the two pictures you want to blend. One picture will be the background picture (picture A) and one picture will be the picture that overlaps and blends into the background picture (picture B).
- 3Click on picture B to bring it to the forefront.
- 4Click the Direct Selection tool (white arrow) on the Tools panel.
- 5Drag the Direct Selection tool over the portion of picture B you want to blend with picture A.
- 6Click "Edit" and "Copy" at the top of Illustrator to copy picture B.
- 7Click on picture A to bring it to the forefront.
- 8Click "Edit" and "Paste" at the top of Illustrator to Paste picture B on top of picture A. Click the Move tool (hand) on the Tools panel to adjust the position of the pictures, if necessary.
- 9Click picture B in the Layers panel on the right side of Illustrator.
- 10Locate the Transparency panel next to the Layers panel and drag the "Opacity" slider to the left until picture B blends in to picture A.
Using the Make Blend Command
- 1Launch Adobe Illustrator on your computer.
- 2Click "File" and "Open" at the top of Illustrator to open the two pictures you want to blend.
- 3Click "File" and "New" to open a new blank image that is at least twice the size of both pictures.
- 4Click on one picture to bring it to the forefront; then click "Edit" and "Copy" at the top of Illustrator to copy the picture.
- 5Click on the new blank image to bring it to the forefront; then click "Edit" and "Paste" to paste the picture on to the blank image.
- 6Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to copy and paste the second picture.
- 7Click the Selection tool (black arrow) on the Tools panel.
- 8Click on both pictures to select them.
- 9Click "Object," "Blend" and "Make" at the top of Illustrator to blend the two pictures together.
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